Mark Lowe (1-2) retired the first batter he faced in the 11th,
but walked Jhonny Peralta after being ahead 0-2. Travis Hafner
then blooped a double into shallow left and Lowe hit Jamey
Carroll to load the bases.

Sean Green entered and promptly struck out Franklin Gutierrez,
but couldn't escape the jam as Cabrera lined the ball into the
right-center gap.

"I was very calm," said Cabrera through a translator. "I was
looking for a pitch to drive."

The hit snapped an 0-for-14 slump for Cabrera, who once was
prospect in the Mariners organization.

"I have been putting in a lot of hard work," he said.
"Hopefully it is beginning to pay off."

Masa Kobayashi (2-0) picked up the win despite giving up a home
run to Richie Sexson to start the 10th

Sexson's 300th career home run - 100th as a Mariner - gave
Seattle a 2-1 lead, but closer J.J. Putz couldn't hold the lead.

Putz struck out Hafner to start the inning, but allowed
consecutive singles to Ryan Garko and Franklin Gutierrez. A
walk to Cabrera loaded the bases and Putz walked Grady Sizemore
on five pitches to tie the game at 2-2.

"The walks will kill you," Putz said. "I fell behind and got in
trouble. My job is to come and get ahead. It is really
frustrating."

Cleveland had a chance to win the game, but Putz recovered to
strike out Casey Blake and David Dellucci.

Trailing 1-0, Seattle scored a run on Blake's error to tie the
game. Ichiro Suzuki led off the inning with a single off closer
Rafael Betancourt. After moving to second on a wild pitch,
Ichiro attempted to steal third.

Catcher Victor Martinez's throw looked like it would have been
in time to nail Ichiro at third, but Blake missed the ball,
allowing Ichiro to score.

"I don't know what I would have felt like if we lost," Blake
said. "To let your team down, there isn't a worse feeling
that."

Blake's error wasted a marvelous pitching performance from
Cleveland starter Paul Byrd, who pitched 7 2/3 scoreless
innings. He struck out four and walked only one.

Byrd allowed only one runner - Ichiro - to reach second with two
outs in the sixth. He didn't allow a leadoff hitter to reach
base until a walk to Jeff Clement in the eighth.

Seattle starter Miguel Batista matched Byrd, allowing just one
run on four hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked
three, but couldn't get through the fifth unscathed, giving up
an RBI double to Hafner.

"We scraped to get back," Mariners manager John McLaren said.
"Richie put us ahead, but we couldn't close the door.

ALAT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATESOLO HOME RUN BY RICHIE SEXSON (6) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE 10TH OFF MASAHIDE KOBAYASHI.CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2, CLEVELAND 1DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: K JOHJIMA (.177, 0 HR, 5 RBI)